Jefferson County, IA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Jefferson County, IA, Iowa: 16 ZIP codes scored, Jefferson County, IA averaging 12/100 (minimal, Jefferson, IA), from 6 to 15. Jefferson County, IA is in its peak phase (Jefferson, IA confidence 28/100): Jefferson, IA home prices up 2.5% (Jefferson, IA) over twelve months. Jefferson County, IA lender headwind: 51/100.
Highest-scoring Jefferson County, IA ZIPs: 52535 (15/100), 52533 (14/100), 52554 (14/100), 52556 (14/100), 52557 (14/100), 52567 (14/100). Also scored in Jefferson County, IA: 52580, 52635, 52651, 52585, 52563, 52641, 52540, 52588, 52654, 52576.
Across Jefferson County, IA's scored ZIPs: median home value $133,571, household income $62,417, 11.8% vacancy, 16.4% poverty, 81% owner-occupied, median age 45.3.
Jefferson County, IA insurance distress 0/100 (#2,691 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Jefferson, IA; Jefferson, IA construction distress 90/100.
5 banks with 7 branches lend in Jefferson County, IA; Jefferson, IA weighted bank stress 56/100, highest 73/100 in Jefferson, IA.
Jefferson County, IA unemployment 4.1% (Jefferson, IA +0.9 pts, six months); 2 new housing units permitted in Jefferson County, IA over twelve months, Jefferson, IA down 85% from 13; Jefferson, IA home prices +7.3% a year (Jefferson, IA) over three years.
7,706 housing units in Jefferson County, IA; 2,397 Jefferson, IA renter households; 48% of Jefferson, IA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 23% (Jefferson, IA) half or more.
Jefferson County, IA ranks #2,413 nationally on the opportunity index (Jefferson, IA, among all ranked counties); Jefferson, IA scores 26.2/100 and Jefferson, IA sits #64 inside Iowa. Jefferson, IA is in the weak opportunity phase; Jefferson, IA's primary driver is construction, Jefferson, IA second driver bank institutional; Jefferson, IA moved down 247 places. 3 short-sale listings across Jefferson, IA; 88 days on market observed in Jefferson, IA; 10.7% vacancy over 16 Jefferson, IA ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Jefferson County, IA. The non-metro area reading for Jefferson, IA: 0.7% ninety-plus days late; Jefferson, IA's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.1% (Jefferson, IA, December 2025 data); Iowa overall 0.9%.
Jefferson County, IA has 4 watched banks; 4 Jefferson, IA banks sit in an elevated band. Jefferson, IA footprints: Libertyville Savings Bank (2 branches, stress 55) in Jefferson, IA; Pilot Grove Savings Bank (2 branches, stress 46) in Jefferson, IA; Iowa St B&T Co Fairfld Ia (1 branch, stress 73) in Jefferson, IA.
HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Jefferson County, IA with 41 units; 41 Jefferson, IA units are assisted, 1 Jefferson, IA properties under project-based Section 8.
754 of the 7,706 housing units in Jefferson, IA sit vacant. Jefferson County, IA permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Jefferson, IA's one-to-four unit structures added 2 units in Jefferson County, IA.